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Civil War wives the lives and times of Angelina Grimké Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant

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Main Author: Berkin, Carol
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Women.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Grimké, Angelina Emily, > 1805-1879.
Davis, Varina, > 1826-1906.
Grant, Julia Dent, > 1826-1902.
Women > United States > Biography.
Wives > United States > Biography.
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Physical Description:xiv, 361 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400044467
1400044464
Author Notes:Carol Berkin received her A.B. from Barnard College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She taught at Baruch College from 1972 to 2008 and has taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since 1983. She is currently Baruch Presidential Professor of History. Berkin is the author of Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence , A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution , Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Loyalist , First Generations: Women in Colonial America, and numerous articles and reviews. She lives in New York City and Guilford, Connecticut.

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